Kings of the Sun
Kings of the Sun is a 1963 DeLuxe Color film directed by J. Lee Thompson for Mirisch Productions set in Mesoamerica at the time of the conquest of Chichen Itza by Hunac Ceel. Location scenes were filmed in Mazatlán and Chichen Itza. The film marks the second project Thompson completed with Yul Brynner within a year — the other being Taras Bulba.
Plot
Balam (George Chakiris) is the son of the ruler of a Mayan city-state whose people use wooden swords (with obsidian edges). His father is killed in battle against metal-blade armed rivals led by Hunac Ceel (Leo Gordon). Balam succeeds to the throne, but is convinced by his advisers, including the head priest, to lead his followers away from the Yucatán, sail to the American Gulf Coast region, so they might regain their strength and fight again another day.
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| author | James R. Webb |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Mexico United States of America |
| director | J. Lee Thompson |
| editor | William Reynolds |
| genre | adventure |
| keywords | fight gulf coast of the united states human sacrifice indigenous peoples of the americas kill love interest love triangle maya civilization mayan native american native american tribe new land they arrive in across the gulf obsidian queen b wound yucatan yucatán peninsula |
| musicBy | Elmer Bernstein |
| producer | Lewis J. Rachmil |
| productionCompany | The Mirisch Corporation |
| publisher | United Artists |
| recordedAt | Mexico |